As an estimate, use something in the 1/2 to 3/4 KWH ballpark, and calculate from there based on your utility rate.

In any event i7 Big Gun Battleships are like Ferrari's. If you have to ask how much it costs to run them, you can't afford it! ;-)

Alinator

I know It's not cheap and I'm running a hyperfast Q9300(3.51GHz on air) souped up with a GTX295 supercharger, That RAC is from just one PC too currently, The bill for how much more will come before the 1st(My last electric bill was $45 last month), But getting My own P3 will not happen until July or when I've sold off enough to supply Me with about $42 to buy one with as the New Enermax Revolution 85+ psu just socked Me for $277.95 and that's with Free Shipping, Now If It will get here sooner than the 29th as a $40 rebate ends on the 31st of May. Of course I have an almost identical PC that needs a new case, psu and video card upgrade that will happen soon enough as It uses an old QX6700 B1(ES) cpu that runs at 3.52GHz on air. And If i7 cpus are Big Gun Battleships, Then My dirty pair are a pair of Big Gun Battlecruisers.

As an estimate, use something in the 1/2 to 3/4 KWH ballpark, and calculate from there based on your utility rate.

In any event i7 Big Gun Battleships are like Ferrari's. If you have to ask how much it costs to run them, you can't afford it! ;-)

Alinator

I know It's not cheap and I'm running a hyperfast Q9300(3.51GHz on air) souped up with a GTX295 supercharger, That RAC is from just one PC too currently, The bill for how much more will come before the 1st(My last electric bill was $45 last month), But getting My own P3 will not happen until July or when I've sold off enough to supply Me with about $42 to buy one with as the New Enermax Revolution 85+ psu just socked Me for $277.95 and that's with Free Shipping, Now If It will get here sooner than the 29th as a $40 rebate ends on the 31st of May. Of course I have an almost identical PC that needs a new case, psu and video card upgrade that will happen soon enough as It uses an old QX6700 B1(ES) cpu that runs at 3.52GHz on air. And If i7 cpus are Big Gun Battleships, Then My dirty pair are a pair of Big Gun Battlecruisers.

LOL...

Well, we all know you are truly hard core, but on a tight budget.

So, that makes you the exception that proves the rule! :-D

Good point about ship classification. I guess we could go with your suggestion, or classify i7's as Super Battleships. ;-)

Something simple to remind people about power draw.. If you have a 1600-watt PSU, it will not supply more than 1600 watts. It will only draw/supply as much power as the components connected to it require.

If you have a kill-a-watt, plug it in and see what it says your system is drawing. I rough estimate these days (at least where I live) is 10 cents per kWh. Look at your most recent power bill and divide the cost (before taxes and fees and so on) by the kWh used to figure out what your rate is, then you can extrapolate from there.Linux laptop:
record uptime: 1511d 20h 19m (ended due to the power brick giving-up)

Hard to say, you'd have to measure it with a Kill-A-Watt. As an estimate, use something in the 1/2 to 3/4 KWH ballpark, and calculate from there based on your utility rate.

I estimated my power consumption by switching everything off except the cruncher in the house, and time revolutions on my electric meter. Not the best of way, of course, but since I don't have to measure it all the time, it will do for now. Kill-a-watt clones from China retails about USD18 here but only available online, so don't know if it is worth investing in one since the novelty usually doesnt last.

And If i7 cpus are Big Gun Battleships, Then My dirty pair are a pair of Big Gun Battlecruisers.

All of you guys seems to have some big gunned capital ships here, leaving the rest of us with poor C2 Duos feeling like we are on some, erm, slow minesweepers?

My core i7 running Seti with a ATI 4850 running MilkyWay is drawing 286 Watt, the core i7 with idle ATI 226 Watt. I have 2 of them, both equipped with 2 SSDs and a 550W PSU
This gives about 12,000 credit per kWh if everything runs perfectly what they don't do most of the time :Â´(
With actual RAC the better one gives about 9,000 credit per kWh
at a cost of 43â‚¬/month (~58$) each

My Macbook Pro laptop uses around 50 watts with screen dimmed. Has dual processors so the use is half per chanel. Takes a bit over an hour to process each unit. The Macpro tower (early one with 2 dual processors. Runs about 210 watts. So the energy is almost the same per task. Big box is a bit faster. Obviously the monitor is off when not needed.

Using 24 hours total use is around 6 kW hours. At around 13 cents per is less than a buck a day.

My understanding of PSU's is that the PSU is capable of the burden of the wattage its rated at. It doesn't use 1200W if your system only requires 400W. I've upgraded my PSU without seeing massive increases in power usage because the PC doesnt use that much more Wattage than the previous CPu/GPU/Mobo etc that I installed.In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

Hard to say, you'd have to measure it with a Kill-A-Watt. As an estimate, use something in the 1/2 to 3/4 KWH ballpark, and calculate from there based on your utility rate.

I estimated my power consumption by switching everything off except the cruncher in the house, and time revolutions on my electric meter. Not the best of way, of course, but since I don't have to measure it all the time, it will do for now. Kill-a-watt clones from China retails about USD18 here but only available online, so don't know if it is worth investing in one since the novelty usually doesn't last.

And If i7 cpus are Big Gun Battleships, Then My dirty pair are a pair of Big Gun Battlecruisers.

All of you guys seems to have some big gunned capital ships here, leaving the rest of us with poor C2 Duos feeling like we are on some, erm, slow minesweepers?

As an estimate, use something in the 1/2 to 3/4 KWH ballpark, and calculate from there based on your utility rate.

In any event i7 Big Gun Battleships are like Ferrari's. If you have to ask how much it costs to run them, you can't afford it! ;-)

Alinator

I know It's not cheap and I'm running a hyperfast Q9300(3.51GHz on air) souped up with a GTX295 supercharger, That RAC is from just one PC too currently, The bill for how much more will come before the 1st(My last electric bill was $45 last month), But getting My own P3 will not happen until July or when I've sold off enough to supply Me with about $42 to buy one with as the New Enermax Revolution 85+ psu just socked Me for $277.95 and that's with Free Shipping, Now If It will get here sooner than the 29th as a $40 rebate ends on the 31st of May. Of course I have an almost identical PC that needs a new case, psu and video card upgrade that will happen soon enough as It uses an old QX6700 B1(ES) cpu that runs at 3.52GHz on air. And If i7 cpus are Big Gun Battleships, Then My dirty pair are a pair of Big Gun Battlecruisers.

LOL...

Well, we all know you are truly hard core, but on a tight budget.

So, that makes you the exception that proves the rule! :-D

Good point about ship classification. I guess we could go with your suggestion, or classify i7's as Super Battleships. ;-)

Alinator

Maybe, the reason I know of such things is for Years I studied WWII and yeah even WWI warships as I was fascinated by them and the History in General, As Dad served in WWII and well He never said anything, I only found out what He did after Mom died and I found His letters and photos to Her, Talk about Yer Time Capsule.

For Example: In the US during WWII, The Navy had the Alaska Class Ships CB1 - CB6 which the US Navy called Large Light Cruisers as they were really large light cruisers with a Battleship main armament or nine 12" Main Guns in 3 Triple Turrets, In other countries these would be Battlecruisers of course.